Closet structure.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

W. U. GRIFFITHS.

CLOSET STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28,1903.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

WITN ESSES Wfl M? No. 768,601. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

W. U. GRIFFITHS. CLOSET STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1903.

N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED AUG, 30,1904. W.'U. GRIFFITHS:

CLOSET STRUCTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a, 1903.

I 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

N0 MODEL.

I I I 'INVENTOR: V

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. UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLOSET STRUCTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,601, dated. August 30, 1904, Application filed Tuly 28, 190 3. Serial No. 167.274. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM U. GRIFFITHS, a c1t1zen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and; State of 1 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and I in closet structures and one of its objects is to provide means for adjustably and pivotally supporting a closet seat.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

To enable the invention to be more readily understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

' Figure 1 is a view partly in sectional and partly in side elevation,

Figure 2 is a view showing the closet in front elevation, the flush tank being in section,

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the closet seat and its support, said view being taken along the line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure'4 is a section taken along the line 4'4 of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a section taken along the line 5 5 of Figure 3.

In the drawings,

1 designates the hopper of a water closet, 2 a flush tank and 3 a discharge pipe connecting the flush tank and the closet hopper.

The closet hopper, flush tank, and discharge pipe are of the usual'construction, and further description thereof will not be attempted.

4 designates a closet seat which is provided with the rearwardly extending arms 5, which are pivotally mounted upon a rod 6 1 which extends transversely and horizontally across the closet structure at the rear side thereof. 6 by means of nuts 7' which have screwthreaded engagement with the respective ends of said rod 6. The said rod 6 is adjustable The arms are secured upon the rod depressions 11. The said bolts 12 pass through the flange 9 and are provided with screwthreads 13 at their lower ends. The upper ends of thebolts 12 are enlarged and are provided with eyes or. perforations 14, as clearly shown in Figure 5.

1'5 designates nuts which engage the lower ends of the bolts 12. It will be noted that bytightening up the nuts 15, the bolts 12 are drawn downwardly and that the rod 6 is thus clamped in the depressions 11 formed in the upper ends of the supporting standards 8.

The front ends of the said arin 5 are forked or bifurcated, as indicated in Figure 4 of the drawings. The rear edge of the closetseat is located in the forks or bifurcations of the said arms so that the branches 1-6 and 17 of the bifurcations are located respectively above and beneath the closet seat. The underneath branches 17 are connected by means of a cross plate 18, which, as illustrated, is constructed integrally therewith, but it may be made separately and connected to said branches 17 v The arms 5 are secured to the closet seat by means of screws 19, which extend through the substance of the seat and through the branches of the bifurcations, the lower ends of the said screws having screw-threaded en-' 7 Each gagement with the two lower branches. of the arms 5 is provided with a weight 20, by means of which the seat is normally held in the position illustrated in Figure 1.

The weights are provided with depressions 21 which are adapted to receive the lower end of a rod 22, The upper end of the said rod is connected to the outer end of a pivoted lever 23, which consists of two members pivotally connected together, and the inner end of which lever is adapted to engage a cam 24 located upon the upper portion of the pivoted siphon 25/ The rod 22 is supported upon the brackets 26, secured to a wall or other support, and normally occupies the'position illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. WVheri a' weight, as that of a person, is placed upon the seat 4, it is depressed so that it is in contact with the upper edge of the water closet hopper, the said rod is raised, and in consequence the inner end of 23 the :lever is moved downwardly until it occupies a position underneath the cam 24.

\Vhen such weight is removed from the closet seat, the weights 20 cause it to return immediately to the position indicated in Figures 1 and 2 and the weight of the rod 22 occasions an upward movement of the inner end of the lever 23 and such upward movement occasions the tilting of the siphon 25.

it may become necessary to locate the rod 22in the position indicated by dotted lines at 27 in Figure 2, upon the opposite side of the flush tank and the water closethopper. \V hen this is necessary, the said rod may be operated by the arm 5 located upon the left hand side of the apparatus. instead of the arm which is located upon the right as in the present construction.

By means of the construction, as herein illustrated and described, it will be seen that the water closet seat can be adjusted laterally by reason of the fact that it is supported by means of the arms 5 upon the horizontal rod 6 which rod is capable of being moved longitudinally in either direction when the nuts 15 are loosened, the said rod moving through the eyes or perforations formed in the upper ends of the screw-threaded bolts 12.

By means of this adjustment the seat may be brought accurately to any position desired with relation to the water closet hopper and also it may be moved to such position that the lower end of the rod 22 will strike the proper point upon a selected one of the weights 20.

The lower end of the said rod will rest upon one or the other of said weights, accordingly as it is located upon the right or left hand side of the apparatus.

Having thus described my invention, 1

l. The combination of a water closet seat provided with a plurality of rearwardly extending arms, a longitudinally adjustable rod Y upon which the said arms are pivoted, a flush- 3. The combination of a water closet hopper provided with a flange at its upper side, perforated standards supported upon the said flange, a rod extending from one standard to the other and supported upon the upper ends of the said standards, means extending through the DGlfOliltiODS of the standards for securing the said rod in position, and a closet seat hinged to the said rod, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a water closet hopper, provided with a flange at its upper side, perforated standards supported upon the said flange, bolts extending through the perforations of said standards, and through the said flange, the lower ends of said bolts being screw-threaded for the reception of a nut and the upper ends of said bolts being provided with eyes, a rod extending through the said eyes, and a closet seat hinged to the said rod, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a water closet hopper, provided with a flange at its upper side, perforated standards supported upon the said flange, bolts extending through the perforations of said standards, and through the said flange, the lower ends of said bolts being scre\ threaded for the reception of a nut and the upper ends of said bolts being provided with eyes, a rod extending through the said eyes, a closet seat provided with a plurality of arms pivotally supported upon said rod and a weight upon the rear end of each of said arms, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a water closet hopper, provided with a flange at its upper side, perforated standards supported upon the said flange, bolts extending through the perforations of said standards, and through the said flange, the lower ends of said bolts being screw-threaded for the reception of a nut and the upper ends of said bolts being provided with eyes, a longitudinally adjustable rod extending through the said eyes, a closet seat provided with a plurality of arms pivotally supported upon said rod and a weight upon the rear end of each of said arms, substantially as described.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have hereunto signed my name this 24tth day of June, A. l). 1903.

\VILLIAM U. iltlhhl'lili S. in presence of- LAURA KLEINFELDEP, GYRUs N. ANnuRsoN. 

